Archaeology Walk

Bodmin Moor Ramble: Cornish Hedges and Archaeology with Peter Herring

Saturday 22nd February 10.30am – 4pm
Walk and Talk
Starting near St. Breward
£25/ £22.50 conc*

If you love a long ramble across the moor and want to uncover some of the mysteries of this multi-time period landscape, this walk and talk will lead you across some of the moor’s most interesting prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval archaeology, especially Cornish hedges.

February is the perfect time of year, when the greenery has died back, to see the structures and stonework created by Bodmin Moor’s ancestors. Landscape Archaeologist, Peter Herring (also an occasional hedger) has a special interest in Bodmin Moor and can reveal some of the stories, secrets and indications that people throughout history left behind in their field boundaries, buildings and other sites.

This activity will require participants to have a good level of fitness and suitable outdoor clothes for an off-path ramble around the countryside. Dogs are welcome but must be well behaved so as not to distract the group. For this time of year, please bring a layer more than you would expect, a hot drink and plenty to eat (including lunch) for a big day on the moor. We will be stopping regularly to discuss the archaeology.